Richardson is a partner at his law firm Mrs. Mia is an artist and a single-mother, whereas the Richardsons appear to be the epitome of what upper-middle-class families are to represent in Shaker Heights: Mr. Mia and Pearl are the exact opposite of the Richardson family – the exact opposite of what Shaker Height’s represents – perfection. Set in Shaker Heights, Ohio during the Clinton era of the ‘90s, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng centers on the picture perfect Richardson family who live in a perfectly curated neighbourhood and their new enigmatic tenant, Mia and teen daughter, Pearl. Or, perhaps, to tend it carefully like an eternal flame: a reminder of light and goodness that would never – could never – set anything ablaze. Better to control that spark and pass it carefully from one generation to the next, like an Olympic torch. Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly a breeze could carry embers for miles. It scaled walls and jumped over trenches. “All her life she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing.
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